Unit One- Group H Flashcards
What did the Arabic armies of the Ummayad Dynasty force?
They forced everyone to convert from Sunni to Shia.
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What does the term, “ulama” refer to?
Ulama refers to “people with religious knowlege”
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Where did the Arabic numbers originate?
Arabic numbers had their origins in India
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What was the central cultural unifying symbol for the Muslims?
The Ka’ba
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Who was the islamic thinker who studied Aristotle and whose thought, in turn, reflected the rise of European scholasticism?
Ibn Rushd
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What term means struggle and acts as a call for Muslims to combat evil and ignorance and spread the word of Islam?
Jihad
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Who was the most devoted apostle of Muhammed as well as his successor?
Abu Bakr
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What did the Arabs force onto those whom they conquered who did not convert to Islam?
A tax called the jizya
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What rights were Arab women granted?
The right to inherit land, to divorce their husbands by their own choice, and to engage is business affairs.
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Was the Abbasid a conquering dynasty? Was the Umayyad a conquering dynasty?
Abbasid was not, Umayyad was.
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What is the Islamic Holy Book and the Text of Muhammad’s teachings?
The Quran
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What are the 5 pillars of Islam?
- Acknowledge that Allah is God, Muhammad is prophet
- Must pray to Allah daily while facing Mecca
- Must observe fast during daylight of Ramadan.
- Give alms to the weak and poor.
- Must make pilgrimmage to Mecca if able.
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What are the three components of the Jihad?
The Jihad is a struggle to:
combat evil
spread the word of Allah
wage war against the unbelievers of Islam
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What is hijra?
Muhammad’s flight from Mecca the Medina, which begins year 1 on the calendar of Islam.
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